| Do you often find yourself out on the road, wishing | | | | as well. This is due to their small and compact size, |
| you had a computer to take with you to do some | | | | which is made so small due to smaller, and hence less |
| web browsing or work from just about anywhere? If | | | | powerful, components. However, if you do not intend |
| so, then you may want to start looking for a mini | | | | to be playing any games on your mini notebook |
| notebook computer. | | | | computer then this should not be a problem. Also |
| Mini notebooks have really started booming over the | | | | because of that same small size, the monitor will also |
| past few years because of their very compact size | | | | be understandably smaller. Many minis have monitors |
| and built-in wireless compatibility. They are also usually | | | | that range anywhere from 10 to 14 inches, which |
| much more affordable than your average notebook | | | | may be too small for you to see easily. So keep this |
| computers, which was a big help in the boost to their | | | | in mind as well. |
| popularity as well. However, besides size, what | | | | Most big computer manufacturers make mini |
| makes them different from your standard notebook | | | | notebooks these days, so if you have a brand |
| or laptop computer? There are a few key | | | | preference then it should not be hard for you to |
| differences to keep in mind before actually shopping | | | | locate a mini by that brand. Large manufacturers such |
| for and especially purchasing these computers. | | | | as HP, Sony Vaio, Dell, and Toshiba all make mini |
| The first factor to keep in mind is that they tend to | | | | notebook models. However, smaller manufacturers |
| have far less hard drive space than other types of | | | | make them as well so you will be able to choose |
| notebooks. A mini notebook computer will likely have | | | | from a wide variety of companies. |
| anywhere from 10 to 60 gigabytes in hard drive | | | | Make sure you pay attention to the monitor size, |
| space, which is very tiny by today's standards. For | | | | video card, RAM, CPU, hard drive space, number of |
| this reason, they are best combined with external | | | | USB ports, and whether or not a mini notebook |
| hard drives or thumb drives if you intend to use your | | | | computer you are interested in has a CD/DVD drive. |
| mini at home or need to store a lot of work on it. | | | | These factors vary greatly between mini models so |
| However, this is not the only thing to keep in mind | | | | it is especially important for you to pay close |
| when looking for a mini notebook. | | | | attention to these factors when looking for your |
| These computers also tend to have weaker video | | | | own mini model. |
| cards and less RAM than larger notebook computers | | | | |